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‘Farrelly played a leading role when Bolton were promoted to the Premiership in 2001, netting the first goal in their play-off final win over Preston.’

‘Midway through the second half, former Bantams skipper Lee Duxbury netted his first goal for the Throstle Nest outfit, again from a Stamer assist.’

‘The home side had a lot of possession but rarely threatened the visitors in the final third and slumped to a defeat as the Liverpudlians netted a goal in each half.’

‘Andy Beckwith scored a hat-trick for Wyke, while Mohammed Jahangir netted his first goal for Heaton.’

‘But the 26-year-old Spartak Moscow midfielder deserved his stroke of luck as he netted his fifth international goal.’

‘Simon Parke netted his sixth goal in six games in the win over Blyth Spartans and Mark Stuart grabbed his eighth of the season.’

‘McCourt rounded three defenders before firing home and then went on another mazy run that ended with fellow substitute Townson netting his 17th goal of the season.’

‘Whilst they are hardly prolific scorers netting only six goals, their defence has done well in only conceding eight goals the least number of goals conceded, a sorry sight when your team cannot find goals.’

‘Aiming for the fourth title of the season the local favourite netted a goal in each session, outplaying its bemused opponent.’

‘Earlier in the day, Naboye hammered Mungwi 3-0 with Ackim Tembo netting his fourth goal making him the tournament's top scorer.’

‘Ryan Robinson netted a consolation goal for the Huddersfield side from the penalty spot but it was too late to prevent Crag from taking all three points.’

‘The Dutch international has netted a club-record 22 goals in 23 Champions League appearances for United.’

‘Gerry netted three goals during the tournament and his impressive form certainly caught the attention of the host nation and a year later he was on his way back to Spain to join Real Mallorca.’

‘Gilbert Mushangazhike, the visitors' leading goal scorer, netted twice in the first half, but missed a penalty in the second half.’

‘Fowler may have only netted six goals this season, but he has a handful of assists to his mane as well, and has also curbed his aggression, only picking up a single yellow card.’

‘When the opportunity arose in the 27th minute Andre Emmanuel pounced on a loose ball and netted the first goal.’

3Cover with a net.

‘we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top’

Origin

Old English net, nett, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch net and German Netz.

‘Komarnitski earned third place in the annual Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award, netting him prize money of $3000.’

‘Working at the local pizza place didn't net him much money so he had to compensate with long hours.’

‘His huge stake in Coca-Cola netted him an 800% return.’

‘These qualities paid off in April 2000 when O'Brien sold his stake in Esat Telecom to BT, netting himself £175 million.’

1.2net something down/off/outExclude a non-net amount, such as tax, when making a calculation, in order to reduce the amount left to a net sum.

‘the scrap or salvage value should be netted off against the original purchase price’

‘The Respondents concluded that such liabilities had not been netted off.’

‘The flows are netted out for each year, and discounted by the going interest rate.’

‘Newsagents say their gross bills have jumped by 30% this month, and that's money that stays with the and Network until the returns are netted off.’

‘Competitive tendering as an alternative to negotiated contracts has been shown in a number of contexts to yield cost savings (for a given level of service) before administrative charges are netted out of 20% on average.’

‘If you try to net them down they tell us two things.’

Origin

Middle English (in the senses clean and smart): from French net neat; see neat. The sense free from deductions is first recorded in late Middle English commercial documents.